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19,242 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Khartoum (Sudan), violence in Jammu and rights and justice in Kabul. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUganda 46 in 100 of its 93 stories, usually 36
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Khartoum accounted for 18 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 13 of Khartoum's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

34 of its 60 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 20 of Kashmir's 34 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Palestine

25 of its 37 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 5 of Nablus' 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Benin

7 of its 10 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

New Zealand

48 of Wellington's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Canada

317 of Ottawa's 358 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Guinea-Bissau

8 of its 12 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Rights & justice

Uganda

43 of its 93 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in France (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in China (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Feb. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 19,242 stories about harm among 84,634 counted on 11 Feb.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 84,634 stories, below the usual 25. A year earlier, on 11 February 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria67 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 387 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong57 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Kashmir57 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal52 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 41 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 358 Washington US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 650 Wellington New Zealand48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 Paris France41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 Kabul Afghanistan38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 278 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 22 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 10,278 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,787 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,586 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence7% 1,360 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 776 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 617 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 403 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 251 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed3,717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,554 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured861 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions147 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations59 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and France

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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